Hello all,
I’m a novice painter and thanks to the help and many threads on here, I just finished painting my first complete car. BC/CC with UC. Unfortunately, I live a stones throw away from the ocean and the air is always wet here. I did my best with 2 air/water traps and a homemade condenser, but unfortunately it seems I was spraying a few water drops here and there. Not to mention sweating like crazy in a paint suit in a homemade “paint room”. There were a more than few times I used the gun to dry out water on the surface.
I made sure to shoot 5 coats of clear and went through about 1.75 gallons of UC on just the exterior of the car (no jambs etc). Hopefully leaving plenty of room to cut and buff out the trash. I’ve begun this process on a nice easy flat panel and noticed that a few imperfections seem to be much deeper than the flat panel. I know I have a lot of material on there, but I really don’t want to break through and want as much clear on there for a deep look. I’ve snapped a pic below and was wondering what to do next. Do I just keep going and sand them out or should I just spot more clear in those sections? I’ve only just gotten through the orange peel at the point of the picture. The car has sat in the sun for about a week to allow everything to fully settle.
If it makes a difference, I’m using a 6” DA with Eagle yellow 1000 on a soft interface pad. Dry sanding so I don’t need a guide coat. Was planning on moving over to the 1200 or 1500 pink wet next before some trizact 3000 and 8000. I also have the chemical guys foam pads and v32-38 with a rotary buffer.
Thanks in advance for the help. I’ve stopped for now so I don’t mess anything up.
I’m a novice painter and thanks to the help and many threads on here, I just finished painting my first complete car. BC/CC with UC. Unfortunately, I live a stones throw away from the ocean and the air is always wet here. I did my best with 2 air/water traps and a homemade condenser, but unfortunately it seems I was spraying a few water drops here and there. Not to mention sweating like crazy in a paint suit in a homemade “paint room”. There were a more than few times I used the gun to dry out water on the surface.
I made sure to shoot 5 coats of clear and went through about 1.75 gallons of UC on just the exterior of the car (no jambs etc). Hopefully leaving plenty of room to cut and buff out the trash. I’ve begun this process on a nice easy flat panel and noticed that a few imperfections seem to be much deeper than the flat panel. I know I have a lot of material on there, but I really don’t want to break through and want as much clear on there for a deep look. I’ve snapped a pic below and was wondering what to do next. Do I just keep going and sand them out or should I just spot more clear in those sections? I’ve only just gotten through the orange peel at the point of the picture. The car has sat in the sun for about a week to allow everything to fully settle.
If it makes a difference, I’m using a 6” DA with Eagle yellow 1000 on a soft interface pad. Dry sanding so I don’t need a guide coat. Was planning on moving over to the 1200 or 1500 pink wet next before some trizact 3000 and 8000. I also have the chemical guys foam pads and v32-38 with a rotary buffer.
Thanks in advance for the help. I’ve stopped for now so I don’t mess anything up.